Java – Hibernate org.hibernate.LazyInitializationException: failed to lazily initialize a collection of role:

I have the below mentioned Entity classes, when I execute my application I am getting the following exception. Some of the other similar questions didn't solve the problem.

WARNING: StandardWrapperValve[jersey-serlvet]: PWC1406: Servlet.service()
for servlet jersey-serlvet threw exception
org.hibernate.LazyInitializationException: failed to lazily initialize 
a collection of role: test.entity.Dept.empDeptno, no session
or session was closed
at org.hibernate.collection.internal.AbstractPersistentCollection.
throwLazyInitializationException(AbstractPersistentCollection.java:393)
       at    org.hibernate.collection.internal.AbstractPersistentCollection.
throwLazyInitializationExceptionIfNotConnected
(AbstractPersistentCollection.java:385)
    at org.hibernate.collection.internal.AbstractPersistentCollection.
initialize(AbstractPersistentCollection.java:378) 

How can I solve this issue?

Emp Entity

@Entity
@Table(name = "EMP", schema = "SCOTT"
)
@XmlRootElement
@NamedQueries({
    @NamedQuery(name = "Emp.findAllEmployees", query = "select e from Emp e left 
    join fetch e.deptNo order by e.empno desc")
})
public class Emp implements java.io.Serializable {
@Id
@Column(name = "EMPNO", unique = true, nullable = false, precision = 4,
scale = 0)
private short empno;
@ManyToOne
@JoinColumn(name = "DEPTNO", referencedColumnName = "DEPTNO")
private Dept deptNo;

Dept Entity

@Entity
@Table(name = "DEPT", schema = "SCOTT"
)
@XmlRootElement
public class Dept implements java.io.Serializable {
@Id
@Column(name = "DEPTNO", unique = true, nullable = false, precision = 2,
scale = 0)
private short deptno;
@OneToMany(fetch=FetchType.LAZY,mappedBy = "deptNo")
private Set<Emp> empDeptno;

DAOImpl

@Override
public List<Emp> findAllEmployees() {
  return getEntityManager().createNamedQuery("Emp.findAllEmployees",
 Emp.class).getResultList();
}

Jersey RESTful service

 @Component
 @Path("/employee")
 public class EmployeeRestService {

 @Autowired
 EmployeeService employeeService;

 @GET
 @Produces({MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON})
 public List<Emp> getEmployees() {
 List<Emp> emp = new ArrayList<Emp>();
 emp.addAll(getEmployeeService().findAllEmployees());
 return emp;
 }

Spring applicationContext.xml

<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx"
       xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
       xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd
http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx
http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx-3.0.xsd
http://www.springframework.org/schema/context
http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd"
>
    <!-- Data Source Declaration -->    
    <bean id="DataSource" class="org.springframework.jndi.JndiObjectFactoryBean">
        <property name="jndiName" value="jdbc/scottDS"/>   
    </bean>

    <context:component-scan base-package="net.test" />
    <bean class="org.springframework.dao.annotation.PersistenceExceptionTranslationPostProcessor"/>
    <bean id="entityManagerFactory"
          class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean">
        <property name="dataSource" ref="DataSource" />
        <property name="packagesToScan" value="net.test" />
        <property name="jpaVendorAdapter">
            <bean class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.HibernateJpaVendorAdapter">
                <property name="showSql" value="false" />
                <property name="generateDdl" value="false" />
                <property name="databasePlatform" value="${jdbc.dialectClass}" />
            </bean>
        </property>
    </bean>
    <bean id="defaultLobHandler" class="org.springframework.jdbc.support.lob.DefaultLobHandler" />  
    <!-- Transaction Config -->
    <bean id="transactionManager" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTransactionManager">
        <property name="entityManagerFactory" ref="entityManagerFactory" />
    </bean>
    <tx:annotation-driven transaction-manager="transactionManager"/>          
    <context:annotation-config/>
    <bean id="hibernateStatisticsMBean" class="org.hibernate.jmx.StatisticsService">
        <property name="statisticsEnabled" value="true" />
        <property name="sessionFactory" value="#{entityManagerFactory.sessionFactory}" />
    </bean>
</beans>